Elephant and Wildlife Conservation in Sri Lanka

Being able to work has been a rewarding experience. I knew I wanted to put my time and energy into a project that is making a genuine effort to ma The slogan is “saving elephants by helping people” and they really live up to that. Some of our daily activities included helping the local community plant orange trees, and checking the quality of the bee hives. These are good ideas for deterrents but not a long lasting solution. The Orange trees take 2- 3 years to fully mature and the bees are not ...

My experience was wonderful. I learned a lot about the conservation efforts of the organization. I was surprised at how much good work being done by them. They have really put so much into helping the community and the elephants to live in harmony. I would love to see this program grow to include the entire country of Sri Lanka. I enjoyed learning about how to identify certain native wildcats based on their paw prints with the pug mark research and to see how the eating habits of elephants is o...